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70710-0007 - Japanese Prostitutes in Yoshiwara, Tokyo

Tokyo 1910s
Yoshiwara Prostitutes

Artist	Unknown
Publisher	Marukiya
Medium	Postcard
Period	Meiji
Location	Tokyo
Image No.	70710-0007
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

Japanese prostitutes in a beautifully decorated room in the Yukaku (red light district) of Yoshiwara in Tokyo.

For more information on Yoshiwara, see Tokyo 1910s • Yoshiwara Prostitutes.

see current map

As it is unclear at which brothel this photo was shot, the Google Map below shows the location of the former entrance gate, the Omon (大門), located in current-day Senzoku 4-chome, Taito-ku (台東区千束4丁目).

Published June 15, 2008
Updated December 8, 2021 1:57 AM

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Reference for Citations

Duits, Kjeld (December 8, 2021). Tokyo 1910s: Yoshiwara Prostitutes, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on October 13, 2026 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/270/yoshiwara-prostitutes-2

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